List of Works

Solo Works
Duo Works
Chamber Works
Large Ensemble Works
Vocal Works
Staged Works
Jazz Works

Solo Works

le mieux - 2012/2015 for solo clarinet and tap (Written for Caitlin Felicia, premiered on April 4th, 2015 at The Hartt School)

BA(da)SS - 2011 - for solo contrabass (Written for Ryan Ford, premiered June 7th, 2012)

Boombox Serenade - trumpet and electronics - 2010 (Premiered by Chris Belluscio in Boston, MA on April 24th, 2010. Also performed in Hartford, CT on June 7th, 2012)

Euphonium >Plutonium - for solo euphonium - 2009 (portions premiered in spring 2009 by Nate Gay)

Farbenmusik - for solo piano - 2008/2010 (Winner 2009 Chappel White Memorial Award, Honrable Mention, 2009 NACUSA Young Composers Competition. Premiered by Kari Johnson, April 4th, 2009 as part of the CMS Great Plains Conference, Kansas City, MO. Revised version premiered by Amanda Arrington in Feb. 2010 in Nebraska and Missouri, March 2010 in Missouri, and June 2010 in New York City)

The Women of Leopold Bloom – solo bassoon – 2005 (Selections performed, Nov. 2005, Full piece premiered June 5th, 2006 in NYC. Performed May, 2007 in Hartford, CT.)

scenes from a solitary beach – solo clarinet – 2003 (Performed, Jan. 2004, Feb. 2004, April 2004 at SCI Region VII conference, June 2004 at ReJoyce festival, and Nov. 2005 at SCI Region V Conference, and April, 2008 on a new music concert in Dubuque, Iowa.)

Duos

various techniques - 2013 - for oboe and english horn (Commissioned and Premiered by the Oboe Duo Agosto in Nov. 2013 in Boston, MA. Performed in March, 2014 in Hartford, CT)

Icarus - 2012 - for alto saxophone and piano (Premiered by Joey Abad and Marko Stuparevic in QWilton, CT on October 6th, 2013)

Jeux pour Jumeaux - 2011 - for violin and contrabass (to be premieredin San Francisco, CA in 2013)

Romanza for Saxophone and Violin - alto sax and violin - 2010 (a reworking of Romanza for Clarinet and Violin. Premiered by Sarah Washburn and Sheri Brown in January 2011. Performed again in February, and a third time in June 2012.)

fragments and memories - for trombone and piano - 2008 (premiered Jan. 15th by Radu Clipa in Bucharest, Romania. Performed on the CMU New Music Festival, March 2nd, 2009. Performed on a BTS Event, Spring 2009. Performed by Jordan Jacobson in May and June, 2012. Wind Ensemble version -2009, Orchestra version - 2012. Orchestra version to be premiered by Jordan Jacobson and the Hartt Independent Chamber Orchestra in the 2012/2013 season)

Divertimento for Trumpet and Organ - for trumpet and organ - 2007 (Commissioned and premiered by Chris Belluscio in Hartford, CT, May 12th, 2008)

Violin Sonata - for violin and piano - 2007 (Premiered by Sarah Washburn and Tamila Azadaliyeva on a NACUSA concert, June 9th, 2008)

Sonata for Trombone – trombone and piano – 2006 (a reworking of the Trombone Concerto) (Premiered by Mark Babbitt and Nikolas Caoile on Oct. 11th, 2006 in Ellensburg, WA)

Chamber Works

High Times for Low Brass - 2017 - for horn, trombone, and tuba (commissioned and premiered by Cathryn Cummings members of HICO in May, 2017)

Nøkken, Draugen - 2014 - for flute, viola, and harp (Commissioned and Premiered by Kathleen Winters and Ensemble 114 in September, 2014.)

For Sounds in Winter Nights - 2014 - for saxophone quartet (Commissioned and Premiered by the Asylum Quartet in May 2014. Portions performed in VT, RI, MA, CT and all over in 2014)

Shark Week II: The Return of the Sharknado - 2013 - for flute, alto sax, and piano (Commissioned by the Verismo Trio and premiered in Wyoming in April, 2014)

Souvenirs/Miniatures - 2013 - for piano trio (has not yet been premiered)

Hebdomas Squatinae - for flute, alto saxophone, and piano - 2009 (This version won the 2013 Verismo Trio/WMTA Composition Contest, and was premiered at the 2013 Wyoming Music Teachers Association conference in Fort Collins, CO on June 7th, 2013.)

Getz Going: A Sutie for Eddie Sauter - 2012 - for alto saxophone and string quartet (to be premiered by Sheri Brown and others in Hartford, August 23rd, 2012. Performed twice in Oct. 2012, and again in Feb. 2013)

Not Death, but Love - 2011 - Saxophone Quartet (Portions performed at the Fischoff Competition and NASA Conference, May 2011. The complete work was premiered by the Ineo Saxophone Quartet, June 7th, 2012. Performed by the Ouroboros Quartet in Feb. 2013. String Quartet version also available)

Hebdomas Squatinae - for flute, violoncello, and piano - 2009 (winner, Beethoven Club/Belvedere Festival Competition Contest. Premiered June 26th, 2010 in Memphis, TN by the Luna Nova Ensemble. Performed Feb. 2011 at the Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival)

Little Tokoyo - for brass quintet and piano - 2009 (to be premiered on an ArtSounds concert, Oct. 13th, 2009)

Quatrain for string quartet – 2 violins, viola, violoncello – 2009 (A reworking of part of The Hercules Quartets. Portions read by the Miami String Quartet, the Hartt Grad Quartet and the West End String Quartet, April, Oct., Nov. 2006)

I Await Your Urgent Response - for four players - 2009 (premiered on a UMKC GUILD Concert, March 5th, 2009. Performed on SCI Region V Conference, Oct. 9th, 2009)

Pretentious [Title] - for a sx, tpt, tbn, cl, vln, vc, pno, bs, and d.s. - 2007 (Premiered March 6th, 2008. Finalist, 2008 UMKC Chamber Composition Competition)

...and those seven dwarfs - 2 violins, viola and violoncello - 2007 (commissioned by the Honors String Quartet. Premiered by the Honors String Quartet and Kate Swanson on June 10th, 2007. Performed by UMKC Conservatory Dean Peter Witte and the UMKC Graduate String Quartet, Sept. 2010. To be performed by members of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival in July, 2011)

Large Ensemble Works

Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra "Cowiche" - 2005/2016 - (a reorchestration of my trombone concerto from 2005. This work was commissioned by Matthew Russo and premiered in March, 2017 by Dr. Russo and the UCONN Symphony Orchestra)

From Sabres to Satellites - 2016 - for wind band (premiered in the October, 2016 by the Army MI Corps Band)

...but in this dark night I am stationary and time is a river: The Diary of Agnes Williams - 2015 - for soprano and chamber orchestra (Premiered on October 10th, 2015 by Elisabeth Halliday and HICO in Hartford, CT)

What We Talk About When We Talk In 140 Characters - 2014 - for chamber orchestra (Premiered by HICO in Hartford on Dec. 6th, 2014)

Icarus - 2014 - for flute and wind band (Premiered by Nathaniel Edison and the SRJC Band California in 2014)

Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops? - 2012 - for wind ensemble (Premiered by John Hart and the Hartt Wind Ensemble on APril 30th, 2016)

The Invisible Magic Soccer Phone - 2011 - for concert band (Written for Tim Fisher and Memorial Middle School, premiered in CT on May 31st, 2012)

I.Jest - for orchestra - 2009 (Winner, 2011 Gerald Kemner Prize for Orchestral Composition. Premiered by the UMKC Orchestra with Robert Olson in the spring of 2011. Work received a "Special Mention" from the Missouri Orchestra Project)

fragments and memories - for trombone and Orchestra (Orchestra version premiered by Jordan Jacobson and the Hartt Independent Chamber Orchestra in the 2012/2013 season)

Concertino for Violin and Viola - for solo violin and viola, with fl, cl, hrn, 2 vlns, vla, vc, and cb - 2008 (premiered July 22nd, 2008 at the Wintergreen Academy. Nicholas Szucs and Anne Lanzilotti - soloists)

Concerto for Flute "Icarus" - for flute and orchestra - 2007 (commissioned by Sophia Tegart. Third movement premiered Feb. 25th, 2009 by Sophia Tegart and the UMKC Orchestra. Second movement read by Sophia Tegart and the UMKC Orchestra, March 13th, 2009)

Rhapsody for Dean Moriarty – alto saxophone and jazz orchestra – 2006/2010 (Portions read by the Hartt Big Band, Dec. 2006)

Vocal Works

Ephemeral Moments: from an opera - 2012 - for soprano and piano (Premiered by Elisabeth Halliday in February of 2015)

A Page Out of Zen - 2011 - for tenor and piano (text by Stephen Campiglio. Written for David Tayloe. Premiered by David and Marko Stuparevic on May 14th, 2015)

Obscure Songs - SSAA voices - 2010 (recorded and performed for an ArtSounds event on April 13th, 2010 in Kansas City, MO. SATB and TTBB versions also available)

Sonnets of the Portuguese - SATB choir - 2009 (winner, 2009 KC Chorale Competition Contest. "Indeed this very Love" premiered March 6th, 2010 in Kansas City, MO. Performed March 7th, 2010 in Prairie Village, KS by the KC Chorale)

Birdsongs - for medium voice and piano - 2008 (to be premiered in its entirety by Ashly Evans in Spring, 2011. Selections performed on the Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival, March 31st, 2009)

Staged Works

Songs from Behind the Curtain - 2011 - an opera in three acts (portions performed at the John Duffy Composers Institute, June 2011, portions to be performed by the UMKC Opera Dept. April, 2013)

Orphée Redux - 2011 - for soprano, mezzo, baritone, and string quartet (or piano) (premiered by Rhymes with Opera and the West End String Quartet in July 2011. Performed in Baltimore, MD, NYC, NY, Hartford, CT, and Boston, MA)

Now Watch Me Become - original score for the film - 2007 (premiered May, 2007 in Hartford, CT. LA Premiere Sept. 29th, 2007)

Words for the Dead – Chamber Opera for 8 voices and Piano – 2003 (Recorded, Dec. 2003, performed Jan. 2004)

Jazz Works

Like Snow Flakes Fall - 2010/2012 - for SATB jazz choir and rhythm section (published by Sound Music Publications, 2012)

Waltz for Coltrane – vocal jazz SATB – 2005 (Published, Sound Music Publications)

Waltz for a Beautiful Woman – jazz big band – 2004 (Premiered, Dec. 2004)

Chromatizactly – jazz big band – 2004 (Performed twice, spring 2004) Winner, Best Big Band Composition, Lional Hampton Jazz Festival, 2004.

The Shadow of the Hill – vocal jazz SATB – 2003 (Performed three times, spring 2004) Winner, best vocal composition, Lional Hampton Jazz Festival, 2004.

Armando’s Grand Illusion – jazz combo – 2002 (Performed twice by Jazz Northwest, Feb 2003.)

A Night Like This – jazz big band – 2002 (Performed once by WSU Big Band, fall 2002)